Curcumin inhibits glutamate release from rat prefrontal nerve endings by affecting vesicle mobilization

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 9097-9109

  Lin, Tzu Yu ^a,b   Lu, Cheng Wei ^a   Huang, Shu Kuei ^a   Wang, Su Jane ^c,d  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Curcumin; ERK; Glutamate exocytotic machinery; Prefrontocortical nerve terminals; Synapsin I

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CURCUMIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SYNAPSIN I; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; SYNAPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

CURCUMA LONGA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALCIUM; CURCUMIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84864332645     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13079097     Document Type: Article

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